pablolie wrote: > I think the Touch has a very good analog out. > > I basically listen to 2 systems a fair amount - (1) my main shrine with > the Benchmark DAC2 acting as a DAC+preamp (2) i set up a system at my > girlfriend's with a SB Touch as the DAC. i prefer 1, but the amps are > clearly different. and i don't think i'd wither and die if i only had to > listen to 2, it is eminently enjoyable and heavens, heaven knows how i > would have had to pay for that audio quality 15 years ago... > > diminishing returns... but rewarding ones. Snapshot: the DAC in the > Touch and the SB3 (I lived with the latter directly feeding Audioengine > A5 active speakers for over a year) is plenty good.
The THD + noise in a Touch makes it a practical 17bit ish ? Device suppose the benchmark has much lower noise floor depending on system gain and noise ( or the lack of it ) elsewhere it could make some difference in some situations . But touch still resolves more than the cd media so it would properly represent 16/44.1 data at 100% volume . Using thier respective digital volume . The benchmark probably have a properly dithered volume control . Touch's 24 bit volume control is not dithered but the steps are cleverly chosen so it does not really manifest before you get to really low volumes , where it probably won't matter anyway . That said in daily use Touchs volume control is transparent in most realistic use cases . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104973 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
